Albert H. Nordyke

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Albert H. Nordyke

Civil War Veteran

NORDYKE, Albert H., born 20 Oct 1835 in Clinton County, Ohio, probably in Green Township; member of the Society of Friends; attended Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County, Ohio; received at least a basic education at local schools; enumerated with his family 15 Aug 1850 in Fairfield, Highland, Ohio; moved with his family to Richland, Keokuk, Iowa in 1854; attended Richland Monthly Meeting; worked as a farmer; married Mary Elizabeth Fitch 15 Jan 1857 in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois; enlisted in the Union Army 6 Aug 1862 at Camp Kirkwood in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; enrolled as a private in Company I, 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment 13 Sep 1862; said to have good military character; served initially as a hospital clerk; assigned to serve as a waiter for officers Jan 1863; assigned to serve as a cook for the captain Feb/Mar 1863; appointed Assistant Regimental Wagon Master Mar 1864; appointed Regimental Wagon Master 26 Mar 1864; assigned to daily duty at the regimental headquarters 31 Aug 1864 and served in that capacity until Apr 1865, when he rejoined his regiment; fought in the Second Battle of Springfield, Prairie D'Ane, and Poison Spring; mustered out 20 Jul 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; lived in Brighton, Washington, Iowa for two years after his service in the military; moved to St. John's, Dakota, Nebraska about 1868; returned to farming after his service in the military; described as having blue eyes, auburn hair, a fair complexion, and a height of five feet eight and a half inches; claimed that an illness sustained during his military service caused deafness, which grew worse with age until he was almost completely deaf; died 14 Dec 1888, probably in Nebraska; interment in Haigler

Cemetery, in Dundy County, Nebraska.

FITCH, Mary Elizabeth, born 13 Jun 1839 in Ohio; remained in St. John's, Dakota, Nebraska after the death of her husband; mother of nine; moved in with her daughter Mollie in Dakota City, Dakota, Nebraska sometime after 1900; suffered during the last three years of her life from senile dementia, which caused her to wander away from home if not watched; died of arteriosclerosis 29 Nov 1912 in Dakota City; interment in Dakota City Cemetery.

Albert's Father and Mother:
NORDYKE, Jesse, born 21 Jun 1813 in Ohio, probably in Green, Clinton County; member of the Society of Friends; attended Clear Creek Monthly Meeting in Clinton County; married Levina Hunt 31 Dec 1834 at Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County; transferred to Fairfield Monthly Meeting in 1836; enumerated 15 Aug 1850 in Fairfield Township; moved in 1854 to Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, where he attended Richland Monthly Meeting, 1854–1879; worked as a farmer; died 31 Mar 1879, probably in Richland; interment in the Friends Cemetery in Richland.

HUNT, Levina, born 19 Sep 1816 in Ohio, probably in Fairfield, Highland County; member of the Society of Friends; attended Fairfield Monthly Meeting before her marriage; mother of eight; died 17 May 1872, probably in Richland, Keokuk, Iowa; interment in the Friends Cemetery in Richland.

Albert's Daughter & Husband:

NORDYKE, Annetta, born 6 May 1868 in Keokuk County, Iowa; lived in Richland Township before moving with her family to Dakota County, Nebraska about 1868; received at least a basic education at local schools; worked as a maid in a hotel prior to her marriage; lived in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado after her husband's death until about 1959 when she moved to Redwood City, San Mateo, California; member of the Church of God; mother of eight; died of pulmonary congestion and edema 25 Nov 1962 in Millbrae; interment in Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction.

ZIMMERMAN, Charles P., born 29 Aug 1863 in Centralia, Marion, Illinois; spent his childhood in Mahaska County, Iowa; enumerated Jun 1880 in Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, where he attended school and worked on his father's farm; left home in the 1880s and found work surveying canals on the border between Kansas and Colorado; later went to Denver and found employment with a company building a railroad from Ridgeway to Telluride; later went to the Sinbad Valley in Mesa County, Colorado, where he found work at a cattle ranch; married Annetta Nordyke 1 Nov 1892 in Haigler, Dundy, Nebraska; homesteaded a piece of land in Jaqua, Cheyenne, Kansas, where he built a sod house and worked as a farmer; moved to McPherson, McPherson, Kansas just after the turn of the century; moved to Mesa County, Colorado in an immigrant car Oct 1907 and settled in the Pomona Precinct, where he worked as a farmer; moved Mar 1913 to Clifton, Mesa, Colorado; moved to Grand Junction in 1918; later stopped farming and bought a truck to haul coal; grew up in the Quaker faith; served as a minister for the Church of God prior to becoming a member of the Nazarene Church; taught adult Bible school; read the Bible and prayed with his family daily; said to be well respected and liked by all who knew him; died of coronary thrombosis 7 May 1941 in Grand Junction; interment in Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction.

--Contributed by Adam Boyd
(Note: "...his daughter was married there [Haigler] in 1892, so maybe he [Albert Nordyke] lived there at the time of his death. He lived in Dakota County in 1870 and 1880 and his widow was in Dakota County in 1900 and 1910.")

The following note was received from Marilyn Holzworth, a well-known genealogist from Cheyenne County, Kansas.

I have Albert Nordyke in my file on the computer. The notice of his death was in the Cheyenne County Democrat of Dec 29, 1888, he was walking on the railroad track near Haigler, and from Dakota. His daughter was Mrs. James Ferrier, six miles east of Haigler--this is an abbreviated version--- He was in the Civil War Co. 18th Iowa Inf.

Albert was born 21 Oct 1835, in New Vienna, Clinton, Ohio, and died 14 Dec 1888, near Haigler, NE where he is buried. His parents were Jesse Nordyke, and Lavinia Hunt. He was married to Mary Ann Elizabeth Fitch on 5 Jan 1857, she was born 15 June 1839, in Ohio, and died 29 Nov 1912. Her parents were Dioclesion Fitch and Sarah Alexander.

Their children were (1.) Sarah Levinia Nordyke, born 21 Nov 1857 in Iowa, died 31 May 1938 in Pacific Grove, CA. She was married to James S. Ferrier on 18 July 1872. If you would like his dates, please let me know. His father's (also James), death was in the Cheyenne County Rustler Dec 29, 1888. One of their children was born in Dundy County, Mary Helen Ferrier, on 17 May 1887. (2) Martha C. Nordyke 11 Nov 1859-21 Mar 1862. (3) Eliza J. Nordyke born 17 Sep 1861, and died 19 Sep 1862. (4) Ida Belle Nordyke was born 29 July 1866, in Illinois, married William C. Mitchel on 1 Aug 1886. (5) Annette Nordyke was born 6 May 1868 in Keokuk, Iowa, died 26 Nov 1962 in Grand Junction, CO. She was married to Charles P. Zimmerman on 1 Nov 1892 in Haigler. Charles Zimmerman born Aug 1863, in Centralia, Illinois, died 7 May 1941 in Grand Junction. His parents were William and Margaret (Wilson) Zimmerman. Charles was on the 1895 and 1900 census in Cheyenne County, and the Cheyenne County Rustler Nov 10 1892, announced that he moved from Haigler. One of the sources stated he was born in Haigler, but I don't believe he was, not in 1863! Several of their children were born in Cheyenne County. (6) Mary Ann 'Mollie' Nordyke 25 Feb 1870, in Dakota, Nebraska, died 14 July 1950 in Colorado. She married Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Broyhill on 14 May 1890. One of their children was born in Cheyenne County. (7) Eugene Wellington Nordyke was born 5 Aug 1873 in Dakota, Nebraska, married Gertrude Sawyer 18 June 1900. (8) George Albert Nordyke was born 31 July 1874, in Dakota, Nebraska, died 10 July 1944 in Los Angeles, California, married Bessie Brone C. Lyle on 4 July 1901. (9) Arthur Jasper Nordyke born 11 Nov 1876 in Dakota, Nebraska, died 6 Sep 1957 in San Francisco, California, was married to Mara A. Calkin on 21 Sep 1904.

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